Steam Deals Thread: Giana Sisters + Chivalry - Defiance

[CeeKay]

I think I'm going to grab Avernum, it probably won't get any cheaper during the summer sale.

[CeeKay]

From past history:

In 2010, the sale started on June 24th.

In 2011, the sale started on June 30th.

Damnit, where the hell did I leave that table?

that's not a table thread!  jeebus Bull, don't poke the angsty mule.

[CeeKay]

so, in about 35 minutes Steam should come crashing down as everyone hits F5 repeatedly.  will there be a sale?  will we be waiting?

[CeeKay]

6-28

Analogue: A Hate Story $5.99
http://store.steampowered.com/app/209370/

Weekend Deal is Warhammer 40K sale- 75% off all WH40K games:

http://store.steampowered.com/search/?snr=1_5_9__12&term=warhammer#term=warhammer%2040&category1=998&advanced=0&sort_order=ASC&page=1

[Calavera]

Well, on a more positive note, Amazon starts a big sale on downloadable games on July 1st....

[CeeKay]

funny post on the Steam forums: 

The guy swinging is Valve, you can guess who the people who expected the sale are:

Spoiler for Hiden:

[CeeKay]

here is a proper page for the WH40K sale:

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/WarhammerWeekend/

[Gratch]

6-28

Analogue: A Hate Story $5.99
http://store.steampowered.com/app/209370/

Weekend Deal is Warhammer 40K sale- 75% off all WH40K games:

http://store.steampowered.com/search/?snr=1_5_9__12&term=warhammer#term=warhammer%2040&category1=998&advanced=0&sort_order=ASC&page=1

Always been intrigued by Analogue, but not at $20.  Will give it a look at $6.

Grabbed that Space Marine game too...looked kinda cool.

[CeeKay]

6-29

Midnight Mysteries Collection $9.99
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/15239/

[CeeKay]

6-30

Governor of Poker 2 $4.99 or $9.99
http://store.steampowered.com/app/70210/

[CeeKay]

7-1

Zombie Driver $1.99
http://store.steampowered.com/app/31410/

[Teggy]

Um..."30 days has November, April..."

[CeeKay]

Um..."30 days has November, April..."

der... err.....

[EngineNo9]

Um..."30 days has November, April..."

der... err.....

I just want to preserve this as the most coherent conversation these two have ever had. 

[CeeKay]

7-2

Space Ark $2.49
http://store.steampowered.com/app/19320/

[Teggy]

Oh man, today's deal proves Valve is just trolling now  

[Isgrimnur]

It wouldn't surprise me to see no Midweek deal and them start the summer sale from tomorrow through the weekend, but again, that's just wild speculation and wishful thinking.

[mirage775]

Damnit, i forgot about the warhammer sale....

[CeeKay]

It wouldn't surprise me to see no Midweek deal and them start the summer sale from tomorrow through the weekend, but again, that's just wild speculation and wishful thinking.

now some people are claiming the 5th, while others are clinging to the 12th.  there's a massive Summer Sale thread in the Steam Forums, and it's kind of fun to go there each day after 1pm EST to watch the QQing 

[Victoria Raverna]

EA convinced Valve to stop "cheapen intellectual property" so no summer sales this year.

[CeeKay]

7-3

Legendary $1.69
http://store.steampowered.com/app/16730/

[CeeKay]

It wouldn't surprise me to see no Midweek deal and them start the summer sale from tomorrow through the weekend, but again, that's just wild speculation and wishful thinking.

Midweek Madness is:

Command & Conquer sale - 75% off all C&C titles
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/commandandconquerfranchise

Rock of Ages $3.39
http://store.steampowered.com/app/22230/

[Caine]

7-3

Legendary $1.99
http://store.steampowered.com/app/16730/

Oh man, today's deal proves Valve is just trolling now 

yup.  trolling even harder today. 

[EddieA]

To sweeten the pot even more, Legendary is only $1.69 instead of $1.99.

[Isgrimnur]

They just put the entire Codemasters library on a 25% off sale.

[CeeKay]

interesting theory about the sale start date:

This is going to sound crazy. It probably is, but then again, ARGs and scavenger-hunt clues get pretty esoteric sometimes. If Valve was trying to subtly hint at when the sale might occur, they would probably do it with the kind of bizarre moon-logic that Sierra On-Line used to use in games like King's Quest IV. Put simply, my hypothesis is that the date of the upcoming sale is being hinted at in the representative image for each Daily Deal game.

Running through the logic in my head, I feel like Boyd piecing together an elaborate pattern from disparate sources. Nonetheless, here goes:

    Most of the Steam community expected that the Summer Sale would follow the pattern of the previous two Summer Sales - Launching on the last Thursday in June. The sale which went up instead was for Analogue: A Hate Story. A few people focused on the clock, but for purposes of my mad theory, look instead at the girl's ponytail. There are seven segments to her ponytail.

    The next daily deal was Midnight Mysteries Collection. I'm having a hard time fitting this one into the theory, but I can see one possible justification: The clock face shows two minutes to twelve: 12 divided by 2 is six. Admittedly, this is a bit of a stretch. (And no, there are more than six fireflies or whatever they are - I count at least eight)

    The next daily deal was Governor of Poker 2: Premium Edition. Note the $5 chip in the lower right corner of the image.

    Next came Zombie Driver - Four blades protrude from the front of the vehicle.

    Yesterday's deal was Space Ark - The rocket has 3 windows.

    Today's deal is Legendary, which shows a human fighting several monsters. There are two gryphons.

The pattern (if there is one) forms a countdown, indicating Thursday of this week - which, by my understanding, is when major events generally happen on Steam anyway.

Yes, it's reaching. Yes, it's based primarily on wishful thinking and shaky reasoning. Sure, I'm probably wrong. But it still makes a weird, "throw the dehydrated water canister to kill Orat" kind of sense.

If the pattern holds, I would expect a game tomorrow which emphasizes the number 1 - Maybe Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Alpha Prime, or Lone Survivor. In fact, Lone Survivor would seem more probable to me, since it fits the pattern of a lower-profile, indie-developed game which won't generate a lot of excitement if it goes on sale (Since it was included in the most recent Humble Bundle).

That's it. That's my daily dose of crazy.

[CeeKay]

7-4

Eathworm Jim Collection $7.99
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/2382/

[Teggy]

The Codemasters sale was mysteriously undone. Was the timing of the summer sale mistakenly revealed?

[CeeKay]

interesting theory about the sale start date:

This is going to sound crazy. It probably is, but then again, ARGs and scavenger-hunt clues get pretty esoteric sometimes. If Valve was trying to subtly hint at when the sale might occur, they would probably do it with the kind of bizarre moon-logic that Sierra On-Line used to use in games like King's Quest IV. Put simply, my hypothesis is that the date of the upcoming sale is being hinted at in the representative image for each Daily Deal game.

Running through the logic in my head, I feel like Boyd piecing together an elaborate pattern from disparate sources. Nonetheless, here goes:

    Most of the Steam community expected that the Summer Sale would follow the pattern of the previous two Summer Sales - Launching on the last Thursday in June. The sale which went up instead was for Analogue: A Hate Story. A few people focused on the clock, but for purposes of my mad theory, look instead at the girl's ponytail. There are seven segments to her ponytail.

    The next daily deal was Midnight Mysteries Collection. I'm having a hard time fitting this one into the theory, but I can see one possible justification: The clock face shows two minutes to twelve: 12 divided by 2 is six. Admittedly, this is a bit of a stretch. (And no, there are more than six fireflies or whatever they are - I count at least eight)

    The next daily deal was Governor of Poker 2: Premium Edition. Note the $5 chip in the lower right corner of the image.

    Next came Zombie Driver - Four blades protrude from the front of the vehicle.

    Yesterday's deal was Space Ark - The rocket has 3 windows.

    Today's deal is Legendary, which shows a human fighting several monsters. There are two gryphons.

The pattern (if there is one) forms a countdown, indicating Thursday of this week - which, by my understanding, is when major events generally happen on Steam anyway.

Yes, it's reaching. Yes, it's based primarily on wishful thinking and shaky reasoning. Sure, I'm probably wrong. But it still makes a weird, "throw the dehydrated water canister to kill Orat" kind of sense.

If the pattern holds, I would expect a game tomorrow which emphasizes the number 1 - Maybe Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Alpha Prime, or Lone Survivor. In fact, Lone Survivor would seem more probable to me, since it fits the pattern of a lower-profile, indie-developed game which won't generate a lot of excitement if it goes on sale (Since it was included in the most recent Humble Bundle).

That's it. That's my daily dose of crazy.

hmm... so only Earthworm Jim in the picture for today's deal, and the I with the worm seems prominently displayed to looks like 1, and Gabe had one single burrito for lunch and only shook once every time he too a leak today.....

[CeeKay]

a message to Gabe Newell concerning the summer sale

[Azhag]

I see that Gabe responded, hehe

[CeeKay]

7-5

Cubemen $1.99
http://store.steampowered.com/app/207250/

Weekend Deal is Wargame: European Escalation for $19.99: http://store.steampowered.com/app/58610

[CeeKay]

I just realized that Cubemen was recently on sale for about a week at the same price and that sale just ended a week ago; Valve must be getting lazy.

[CeeKay]

Damnit, i forgot about the warhammer sale....

Amazon has some of them on sale right now.

[CeeKay]

7-6

Wizorb $1.49
http://store.steampowered.com/app/207420/

[Isgrimnur]

They're just trolling us now.

[CeeKay]

confirmed! a sale will happen at some point this summer 

[Teggy]

If you want to torture yourself, you can read the NeoGAF thread, where they are posting the database updates that show all the packages that will be up during the sale.

[Gratch]

7-6

Wizorb $1.49
http://store.steampowered.com/app/207420/

[mirage775]

Damnit, i forgot about the warhammer sale....

Amazon has some of them on sale right now.

Sweet, I just saw where you posted this CK....  I missed Space Marine and they have it for the same price!